Tip #339: "tabbed windows"

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created:		October 8, 2002 15:37		complexity:		basic
author:		[email protected]		as of Vim:		5.7

This is what I use to emulate the multi-tab environment of certain editors like EditPlus, and easly switch between multiple files being edited (opened with the :split command): " put this in your .vimrc file to rotate windows with Alt-K / Alt-J set winminheight=0 nmap <M-k> <C-W>r<C-W>k:resize<CR> nmap <M-j> <C-W>j<C-W>R:resize<CR> imap <M-k> <ESC><M-k>i imap <M-j> <ESC><M-j>i " end The only problem is that after a :split you have to Alt-K-J to keep the new window "maximized".

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[email protected], October 9, 2002 0:59

well, another way is to bind a key for switch between opened buffers: ""with F5 go to the previous buffer map <F5> :bp!<CR> imap <F5> <esc>:bp!<CR> and you can also bind another key for close the current buffer.. map <C-F5> :bw<CR> imap <C-F5> <esc>:bw<CR> so with F5 and C-F5 you have all the movement you want between buffers ;)

[email protected], October 9, 2002 15:09

good. the difference is that with :split you can see the name of the files opened, but otoh you loose one line of screen space for each file..

[email protected] (Rot13ed), November 4, 2002 21:22

For what it is worth, I've been using a variant of this which works quite nicely I think. This simple reduces other split windows to their statusbar thingie while keeping their position.. A little easier to keep track of what window is what while still using this methodology, I think. " [Feral:288/02@02:21] Based on VIM-Tip #339 set winminheight=0 nnoremap <M-k> <C-W>k:resize<CR> nnoremap <M-j> <C-W>j:resize<CR> Thank you for the tip, I was ignorant of :resize :) Happy VIMing




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